@EcosystmDecoder@EFrost_Wildwood We can model this deficit across the landscape. Determine the optimal OG age for each forest type, taking into account the natural variability of land disturbance. Then sum the variances from the stands within the management unit. This gives you an anthropogenic management score
@EcosystmDecoder@EFrost_Wildwood Yeah, I agree with this concept. The deviation of our forests to younger ones represents a deficient in the ecological bank.
@ottawavalleywx@EcosystmDecoder For data load up the FRI and look at the age and extend of the stands that haven't been cut and then look at the age of the stands that have been in the last 100 years and compare the ratio... in the area of the undertaking.. productive area..
@ottawavalleywx@EcosystmDecoder Most accessible like 100 years ago in the last 50 the rest. I am talking the fire type that silviculture emulates.. stand replacing not low intensity that you are eluding to...
@EcosystmDecoder@ottawavalleywx Logging over the last 100 yrs targeted old growth forests where disturbance was rare and fire didn't normally exist. Best timber there.. Young forest is common now because the OG area that didn't burn has been logged, and areas that burn well burn...